Thursday's Recipe Rodeo

I found this recipe through Yahoo recipes and it is a favorite in our house!! For more wonderful recipes visit my friend Nini's blog every Thursday. This week's Tortilla Soup is particularly delicious!!

Marinated Tomatoes with Linguine

1 lb linguine (or other long pasta)

6-8 small tomatoes

1 clove garlic (chopped or crushed)

1 T chopped basil

6 oz grated fresh mozzarella

olive oil to cover

salt and pepper

Bring a small pot of water to boil and submerge tomatoes for 30 seconds, then remove. Slit the skins with a knife; they should slip off easily. Halve the tomatoes and remove the pulp and the seeds. Chop the tomato flesh.

In a large serving bowl add the tomatoes, basil, garlic, and olive oil, salt, pepper to taste. Allow to marinate for at least 30 min, longer if possible.

Cook the pasta until al dente in salty water. Drain and add to the tomato mixture along with the grated mozzarella. Toss well and serve immediately. Serves 4.

Blog help please!

I just realized that the last post has an error and I can't figure out how to go back and fix it. Any help would be appreciated!

Oh, and the chicken recipe that I posted last time needs to be changed...the first ingredient should be GREEN ONIONS, not green beans. Must have had green beans on the brain. =-)

Thursday's Recipe Rodeo

My friend Nini posts a new recipe every Thurday and has encouraged others to join in - so here we go! Make sure to check out Nini's blog for some amazing ideas (and pictures of her adorable children!!) and think about joining in the recipe sharing! Let me know what recipe's you've been enjoying.

I got the following recipe from a Weight Watchers Cookbook and changed it just a bit. I love it served with a bit of rice and some garlic sauted green beans. Yum!!

Grilled Szechuan Chicken

1/2 cup chopped green beans

1 1/2 tablespoons soy sauce (reduced sodium)

2 teaspoons lemon juice

1 teaspoon garlic

2 teaspoons brown sugar

1 teaspoon sesame oil

1 teaspoon fresh ginger

1/8 teaspoon red pepper flakes

4 (6 oz each) boneless, skinless chicken breasts

Combine first 8 ingredients into a large ziplock bag. Add chicken; seal. Marinate in fridge 8 hours or overnight, turning occasionally.

Remove chicken from bag; discard marinade.

Grill approx. 5 min on each side or until done.

Serves 4

Enjoy!

Job Description

I was just joking with Josh about something that was in my "job description" and he told me that should be my next blog post. So here you go.....

Job Description: Mother and Wife

Must know how to:

*cook (at least better than your husband)...and not just cook, but plan out meals and grocery shop as well!!

*clean

*separate, wash and fold laundry (preferably before husband casually asks "are there any clean clothes?"

*multitask (this is a must if you want to get ANYTHING done!)

*sucessfully pull off the carseat to crib transfer (I finally pulled this one off today!)

*differentiate between "I desperately need your help" crying and "I'm exhausted and need to go to sleep" crying (actually, this is also in the job description for husbands. it is essential in dealing with a woman!)

*improvise!!

*shake off "helpful suggestions" from random people in public

Must not be embarrassed to:

*change a baby's diaper WHEREVER necessary

*talk like a complete idiot in order to keep baby happy

*walk out of the house with slobber/spit up/drool on your clothes (because lets face it, if it's not on your clothes already, it will be soon)

*know the entire 26 min of Baby Bach (and be able to hum along...)

*refer to yourself as "mommy", even when the child is not present

*accidentally refer to your cat with your child's name or vice versa (NO, I've never done this. Why do you ask!?)

What am I forgetting?? =-)

Look who's coming to visit!

"Auntie" Julie is coming to visit this weekend and we can't wait to see her!

O'Neill Catamaran

Josh and I were able to spend to Saturday afternoon on the O'Neill Catamaran with Josh's coworkers. The weather was PERFECT! I mainly relaxed on the net/mesh area on the front of the catamaran that is directly over the water. It was so relaxing and the views were amazing!! I hope to get the chance to do it again someday. A BIG thank you to my sister for taking such good care of Natalie for us! Enjoy the pictures.

Hanging out on the front of the catamaran

(You can see the netting behind us)

You can see a ton of birds diving into the water in this picture...

must have been some yummy fish in the area

Beautiful setting sun

We went directly past the Boardwalk. It was

so fun to see the whole thing from the water!

The lighthouse as we were coming back into the docks.

The usual self-portrait!

Talk like a pirate day

So, last Saturday was "Talk like a pirate" day - yes, it's a real day!! Josh's brother was in town, so we got a babysitter and headed over to a pirate themed mini-golf place! (Oh yes, and we also saw "The Informant" with Matt Damon - a personal favorite of mine. The movie was AWESOME!!)

The duel

Shark attack!!

Climbing up to see the pretty starfish

(aka looking ridiculous)

Turtle and Fish

as interpreted by Josh and Nathan

"Hey! Take your hands off of the booty!!"

I was the big loser of the game =-(

Did you do anything special on "Talk like a pirate" day? =-)